Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-01-27
WESTERN.

An Alton train was stopped near
Independence, Mo-, by man who rode on the
baggage car, and who fired on the brakemen
and engineer, but missed them 1t is assert
cd that a conspiracy to rob the train had been
effected, but that the desperate who was to
give his confederates the cue was carried past
the cut where they were concealed.
Six business buildings at Alliance,
Ohio, were destroyed by fire, and two other
structures were badly damaged The loss is
$4,000 with about $75, 600 insurance
A man named Halves shot and killed
J. M Berry, saloon-keeper at Flagstaff,
Arizona, for interfering in quarrel between
Halves. his brother, and another man Half
an hour after the MURDER twenty citizens cap
tured the two brothers and shot them dead
Berry was known as a peaceable man. The
Halves brothers we're disreputable
A grand wolf-hunt, participated in by
over 200 men and boys recently came off in
Douglas County, Illinois, which is thus de-
scribed in dispatch to the Chicago Tribune:
For the last year wolves have been destroy
ing sheep and hogs in that township, as many
as twelve wolAos in a pack being sighted ut a
time The scene OF the hunt or the haunts OF
Andrew Gwinn and a number OF other farms.
Gwinn's pasture and woods contain 5000 acres
Four different lines OF mon, Under charge OF
captains, were organized, whom the hounds
some 100 in number, were turned loose.
No allowed to carry fire.
arms. Tho first wolf started was by the Oak
land party, and after an exciting chase it was
killed by Captain Frank Pearee as it was at
tempting to break through the lines. The next
wolf started was by the Brushy Fork contingent
in an open field Of over 1000 acres with no
fences TO annoy dogs and hunters and the most
exciting chase of tho day was here enjoyed.
The greyhounds were not feet enough Of foot
to come up with his wolfship, and the only
animal dog or horse, that could equal him
in speed was the monster black bloodhound OF
a pioneer hunter, Captain John Sweezy, Of
Brushy Fork. Backward and forward for fully
half half an hour, over the level field, sped the
wolf, pursued by an army OF horsenen and
scores of dogs, until finally the bloodhound
overhauled him, and desperate fight ensued,
in which the hound came out victorious and
th eS@ bS the hofseen e sho% as
trophy. The shouting and noise made by
tho hunters during the progress OF the
chase could seemingly have been heard several
miles The column advancing presented q
grand spectacle and much resembled an army
as il stretched over the country for distance
of two miles but the final roundup was not as
successful as it was hoped for, though the day 8
sport was fine a whole. The wolves after
being chased while would in some way es-
cape through the lines. The whole number
that escaped was thirteen, by actual count, be-
sides fox. About fifteen hundred Of the sports
men were ON foot under the command OF cap
tains while fully 600 we're on horseback.
A frightful tragedy is reported by
telegraph from Cleveland, Ohio:
james Cabalek 10 a well-to-do carpenter, liv-
ing ON Independence street, near the city limits.
Inursa ay morning he and his son went to work
shortly before clock. The mother, Antoinette,
had been out of temper at the breakfast table,
and had refused to talk to her husband. Directly
after breakfast she sent Henry, her 10
year-old son, to q grocery near by, and still an
other son To u milk depot When they returned,
they could not get into the house. Going into
the back yard, they saw James, IL years old, in
u Gle set bleeding from sixteen wounds in his
left side. They hastened away and called their
older brother, who Lad gone OFF with the father,
and, returning, the throe boys forced an entrance
10 the house. They discovered Tony, an S-year-
old girl, bleeding from dozen cuts in her left
SIDE. On the floor near by wero Mamie, years
old; Antoinette, years old. and Willie. 3
months DID, all dead from dreadful stabs near
the heart. bloody pair OF shears told the
story. hunt was made for the mother. She
was found in the cellar hanging from a raftcr,
dead. She had killed her three children, NOR
tally injured two Others and had then suicided.
The two children who were still alive were re-
moved 10 q neighbours house, but they will die.
No cause for the terrible deed is given. The
husband does not think that his wife was In
sane.